Thursday, February 5, 2009

Social Library and Value Added Services

I love the idea imparted in this comment from Chip Nilges:

"Collect user intelligence Another key lesson that O’Reilly emphasizes is the notion that “users add value.” For OCLC and its member libraries, this means expanding our definition of “collective intelligence” beyond the library professional to faculty, researchers, library patrons and others by building into our systems services that encourage these users contribute their expertise to the cooperative. "

In my work and my teaching experience, the "Social Library" idea is popping up a lot. I love the idea of being part of a larger collective experience, which brings us back to the community we serve, again and again....

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